Word: thingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...manager of the local Mad Mex restaurant didn't think twice about Spears' advance team's request: no flash photography, and her tables were not to be offered Red Bull or alcohol. Hard to argue with the results: a low-key meal devoid of drama. The most exciting thing the manager had to say was that Spears really liked the guac...
Lauren Ambrose voices KW, who, like Max's sister, is being pulled away by new friends. (When we finally lay eyes on them, it's the movie's closest thing to a joke.) She gives Max the tenderness and protection he wants from his sister, while helping him understand how oppressive his own love can be. The others include a goat-beast (Paul Dano), who represents Max's rage and impotence; a somewhat wise bird-beast (Chris Cooper), probably the embodiment of Max's unseen father; the petty, devious Judith (Catherine O'Hara); and her gentle but helpless mate...
...from what we have now to what you are describing? The first thing we need to do is to return to a system where the 401(k) is not the sole retirement-savings vehicle. Also, employers have to acknowledge that they have a shared responsibility along with employees to produce safe retirements. Lastly, we all have to realize that there is a role for government to play in creating the right legislative environment that enables workers to enroll in a sound retirement plan...
...forgo treatments or let go. An 80-year-old patient will tell you, 'I have lived a good, long life. I have no regrets.' But talk to his 50-year-old son, and he isn't ready. Being the decision maker for someone else is a much harder thing to do," says Sachs, who says the role requires more education than is typically given...
...Moncure Baptist Church in Moncure, N.C., where he was living, for several months before the police paid attention. Oddly enough, Nichols inadvertently outed himself, calling the cops about a fellow congregant - another offender - whom he witnessed fondling a 12-year-old girl. "I thought I was doing the right thing, and they hit me with charges," he says...